Advocacy Groups to Challenge 'Lugar de Memoria' Status for Pazo de Meirás

• The Historical Memory Recovery Commission (CRMH) of A Coruña is filing an appeal against the official designation of Pazo de Meirás as a 'Lugar de Memoria Histórica' (Place of Historical Memory).
• The group argues that the government's current resolution minimizes the role of Francoist repression victims in favor of broader cultural and literary narratives.

Core Objections and Demands

• Focus on Human Rights: The designation must center exclusively on the repression, systematic human rights abuses, and crimes committed during the dictatorship.
• Rectification of Content: The CRMH demands that the government correct inaccuracies regarding the description of the regime's plunder and historical repression.
• Naming and Credits: The organization calls for the reinstatement of the term 'Pazo' in the official title and demands recognition for the grassroots memory associations that initiated the petition.

Critique of the Resolution

• Objection to Pardo Bazán: The group opposes the inclusion of author Emilia Pardo Bazán in the primary justification for the site, noting she died in 1921, well before the 1936 coup, and therefore cannot be considered a victim of the Franco regime.
• Rejection of Cultural Focus: The CRMH asserts that the site’s status should not be diluted by its architectural or literary history, but strictly maintained as a memorial to the victims of the regime.

Supporting Organizations

• The appeal is backed by a broad coalition including the Alexandre Bóveda Cultural Group, various neighborhood associations from A Coruña, the Memoria, Verdade e Xustiza association in Vigo, and several historical memory committees from Ourense, alongside broader regional groups like Vía Galega and the CIG union.